The experimental and numerical analysis of quasi-steady wear processes for a sliding spherical indenter

► The experimental and numerical results of wear for the reciprocal ball sliding on a plate substrate is presented. ► The numerical time integration of the wear rule was performed in order to specify wear parameters (wp). ► In the identification procedure, the wear coefficient is dependent on the sliding length. ► By minimization of the squared distance between experimental and predicted curves it is find the wp.